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Science Drives Out Pseudoscience

Nov. 1, 2012 6:09 p.m. ET

Regarding Margaret Wertheim's "strange and dangerous" view of science displayed in her review of Michael D. Gordin's "The Pseudoscience Wars" (Bookshelf, Oct. 23): Science isn't based on the opinions of scientists. Rather it is a process that tests reasonable alternative hypotheses and describes this so that others can challenge the findings. Discoveries arising from this process often seem absurd to scientists when initially presented. Many Nobel Prize winners have described the negative reactions to their most important findings.